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All Posts For - Ann Fisher-Wirth

Ann Fisher-Wirth With John Ruskey – About Place Journal

July 25, 2023 News About Place Journal Comments are off for this post

Ann Fisher-Wirth’s interview with the owner of the Quapaw Canoe Company, John Ruskey, in the newest issue of the About Place Journal. In this interview, John explains why he moved and started his own business in Clarksdale, in depth detail about how his canoes are built and the experience on...

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Letter to America by Ann Fisher-Wirth

November 3, 2020 News Ann Fisher-Wirth No comments yet

Ann Fisher-Wirth’s poem “Corona Journal, Day 32,” was chosen by Terrain.com for their Letters to America Collection on the 2020 Election Day. Corona Journal, Day 32 A young stag at dusk, white tail flicking, eating flowers heaped on a raw grave, raises his head to watch us before he vanishes...

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But What If We Started Listening?

September 14, 2020 News Ann Fisher-Wirth No comments yet

Author Ann Fisher-Wirth reminds us of the importance of literature and community when times are at their most challenging.  Read her newly published essay now! But What If We Started Listening? by Ann Fisher-Wirth For the past couple of years, I’ve been feeling like a deer in the headlights of...

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